Same old story.
There will always be some folks who dont mind hanging out in a dark smokey place and drinking cheap booze.. and honestly there should be a man cave in communities, where men can be men around other men, salty language, bawdy behavior etc etc.
The problem is that the VFW’s, AMVETS etc are the mancaves of the 1950s. Smoking has gone from everyone does it to few do. Fathers have gone from not as active in their childrens lives, to very active in them (as a general rule). The mancave hasn’t adapted.. whether it be the VFW or AMVETS etc etc.
For an unbeleivably low ticket price, you got all the beer you wanted, and every kind of stinky and great food imaginable. Most of the food was the kind you never got to eat because there was no way in hell your wife would ever make it, and the rest of the food was the kind you would eat every day if you could.
Plus, they had over a dozen TV's brought in for that day, so that every college football bowl game was on a different TV.
That was probably the only event they had where I honestly looked forward to going.